A Wonderful Day!

Sunday was a wonderful day.

My favorite 

Antique Mall

had a store wide sale!

And to make the day even more special

I got to meet one of my 

favorite Bloggers

in person.

Mecky

She has a wonderful blog called

Kettle Korner Kottage.

Her sweet home is filled with 

wonderful treasures but she is most

famous for her wonderful 

1930-1940's

kitchen items.

 If you like vintage kitchen items

you will drool over some of the 

beautifully colorful

things she's collected.

And believe me....

this girl is a 

COLLECTOR!

We decided to try and meet up

at the mall

and about 3/4 of the way 

down the first isle

I hear this soft voice

asking if I was

Maura.

Well we girls started 

talking.

Ya can you believe it!

We had such a wonderful time

chatting that I almost forgot 

to take photo's! 

I did manage to get a few 

so I hope you enjoy a little tour

of OUR favorite place to shop.

Mecky 

THANK YOU

for the wonderful visit

and I look forward to visiting

with you again! 

:) 

Picket Fences And Big Feet

I love fences.

Not so much when it comes time to mow

along them or when they need repairing 

but here on our farm we need them.

We have wire fences to protect our

chickens from wild

critters and two of our three dogs

plus horses to keep from 

eating our neighbors crops.

The picket fence however is to give the little dogs

Chelsea and Bubba and the cats

 a break from ...

THIS...

Well OK...sometimes it's not all Shep.

These photo's were taken around 2 years

ago...Shep has grown even larger

since then.

Chelsea has not.

These two race around like this every day.

Sometimes several times a day.

Oh the damage those big feet can do

when they are running or digging!

Shep can be a real PEST.

Another reason to have the picket fence

which is only close to the cottage

is to protect our new gardens.

The shade garden above...

and the sunny garden below.

Henry below can play outside the picket

fence but when he was smaller

as in the photo below...

he didn't venture far from it's protection.

Can you blame him!

Below shows the pasture fence on the left

and on the right you can see where we 

quit with the picket fence. 

A welded wire fence continues along the 

lilacs but one day we'll extend the

picket fence part way down our

'lilac lane'.

In the meantime we enjoy our space

that's free from the pesky giant dog

and his big feet!

:)

I'm joining with 

Jan and Jer

for 

Friday's Fences

Barn Charm

I love this old barn.

This farm has two huge old barns

but this one is my favorite.

See the two cupolas? 

This barn has CHARM.

I'm joining Tricia

for

Barn Charm

:)

Tip Toe Through The Tulips

Well maybe not 'tip toe' through

them 

but we can at least

enjoy them 

;)

Thursday was our big grocery day

and I couldn't resist bringing

 home a pretty bouquet

of lovely spring tulips.

I was able to choose from pink tulips

and red and yellow and mauve etc

but these ones caught my eye.

I would LOVE to plant some

tulips here on the farm

but I'm afraid we have way

too many squirrels 

running around

and they

LOVE 

tulip bulbs.

So this past fall I planted daffodils instead.

Hopefully they will start to show

signs of life soon.

Until then...

I may just have to treat myself

again ;)

Poor hubby's back went out last

Tuesday and he has been up and down

since then.

I'm sure we'll be making a trip into 

the city to see his doctor tomorrow

but he says he's going to work tonight.

We'll see what happens when he get's up.

His big brother came over today  

and used the tractor to continue

cleaning out our hedgerow. 

I'm sure it's been many MANY

years since anyone has been able

to walk under those trees!

Mostly he is just cutting off dead limbs

and taking down dead trees that were 

burned when the barn caught fire. 

We had hoped that some of them would

recover and they did...at least partially. 

It's always sad when you have to take

a tree down but sometimes you

have no choice. 

Anyway...it's been a good weekend

and a sunny one.

I hope yours has been a good one too.

Linking up with

Kim Klassen for

Texture Tuesday

Karen at

My Little Home And Garden for

Sunlit Sunday

And

Mary at 

Little Red House for

Mosaic Monday

I hope you will stop by and

say "HELLO" to these lovely ladies

and check out all the 

wonderful photo's.

Hope your week is a good one!